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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,021habitat unknownfirst seen 19 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.157.9:28015 checked 8d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,021
top 59%
Last wipe
10d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k19 Oct20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Simple Rust Server at #13,021, within the top 59% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

We have no live count for A Simple Rust Server right now. It was last seen 8 days 17 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Simple Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Simple Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include A Simple Rust Server?

A Simple Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of A Simple Rust Server's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 10 days 15 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on A Simple Rust Server.

What are the rules and settings on A Simple Rust Server?

Nothing in A Simple Rust Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Simple Rust Server run?

On Windows, A Simple Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is A Simple Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw A Simple Rust Server 8 days 17 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 19 October 2026.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

A region is not published by A Simple Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 5.173.157.9:28015.

Getting in

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.173.157.9:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp2
Max players You can join up to 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.